Christian B. Hansen

Christian B. Hansen studies applied and theoretical econometrics, efficient estimation of panel data models, quantile regression, weak instruments, empirical public finance, and labor economics. In 2005, Hansen was named a William S. Fishman Scholar from the University of Chicago, and in 2006 he was named an IBM Scholar.

Hansen's articles have appeared in Econometrica, the Review of Economics and Statistics, and the Journal of Econometrics. Samples of his published work include "The Impact of 401(k) Participation on the Wealth Distribution: An Instrumental Quantile Regression Analysis" written with Victor Chernozhukov in the Review of Economics and Statistics (2004) and "An IV Model of Quantile Treatment Effects" written with Victor Chernozhukov in Econometrica (2005).

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Hansen is a referee for a number of journals, including Econometrica and the Review of Economic Studies. He was a discussant at the AFA 2006 Winter Meetings and has presented papers at the ASSA Conference and many universities.

Hansen graduated from Brigham Young University with a bachelor's degree in economics in 2000. In 2004, he received a PhD in economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he was a graduate research fellow of the National Science Foundation. He joined the Chicago Booth faculty in 2004.

Selected Publications

With Victor Chernozhukov, "An IV Model of Quantile Treatment Effects," Econometrica (2005).

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With Victor Chernozhukov, "Instrumental Quantile Regression Inference for Structural and Treatment Effect Models," Journal of Econometrics (forthcoming).

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With Victor Chernozhukov, "The Impact of 401(k) Participation on the Wealth Distribution: An Instrumental Quantile Regression Analysis," Review of Economics and Statistics (2004).

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"Generalized Least Squares Inference in Multilevel Models with Serial Correlation and Fixed Effects," Journal of Econometrics (forthcoming).

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"Asymptotic Properties of a Robust Variance Matrix Estimator for Panel Data when T is Large," Journal of Econometrics (forthcoming).

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